Pro at work: Bachtiar sewing a songkok at his shop at the Urban Transformation Centre in Keramat. — Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: The shop is simply named Kedai Songkok and inside, an elderly man can be seen hard at work at a sewing machine.
Where this city’s songkok makers are concerned, Bachtiar Mustafa, 82, is probably among the last generation that is involved in this trade.
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